The European Parliament vote and the declaration are entirely meaningless. And, I ask the liar question because the vast majority of MEPs knew it.

There is a copper bottomed, cast iron, etc, legal requirement that means public funds will be used, if needed, to make up the shortfall, currently standing around £100 million, over the next decade.

That obligation can only be changed by an EU council of national governments, it is written into something called the Member's Statute.

Full article here... http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/bruno_waterfield/blog

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